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abc's mike boettcher talked with three helicopter pilots. >> i would say the biggest challenges we face are -- landing is definitely in the dust. the brownout conditions, at night, when there is little to no ambient lighting from the moon. >> reporter: the military trains its pilots to fly in those brownout conditions. when the dust kicks up so much, they're virtually blind. >> you really have to pick something out of the ground, something you know that's not going to move. so you can keep your eyes on it when the dust starts blowing, you know it's not going to move. that's how you keep your bearings. >> reporter: last year, we flew over the same area of today's crash. helicopters are the critical method of transportation here, the only way to criss-cross a country full of mountains and roads riddled with mines. >> you look at afghanistan, and the terrain that we're confronted with, this is really a helicopter war. >> reporter: and with the surge of troops, helicopters will be even more important. meaning today's crash likely won't be the last. nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. >>> and, b
abc's mike boettcher talked with three helicopter pilots. >> i would say the biggest challenges we face are -- landing is definitely in the dust. the brownout conditions, at night, when there is little to no ambient lighting from the moon. >> reporter: the military trains its pilots to fly in those brownout conditions. when the dust kicks up so much, they're virtually blind. >> you really have to pick something out of the ground, something you know that's not going to move. so...
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mike von fremd has that part of the story. >> reporter: investigators won't know what caused this disaster until it's safe to approach the site of the blast. >> we've yet to be able to get close enough to the actual source to be able to determine exactly why this happened. >> reporter: here's what they do know. it was a 30-inch pipe, 62 years old, buried about three feet deep. some residents say they had been smelling gas long before the explosion. >> about a week ago, it smelled like gas. >> reporter: the owner of the pipeline, pacific gas and electric, says it's looking into those reports. >> we have records, we are going back right this minute to try to confirm xa exactly those phone calls looked like and when they occurred. >> reporter: pg&e was faulted once before for responding too slowly to calls about gas odor in another e mroxplosion two ye ago in rancho cordova. natural gas accounts for a quarter of this country's energy use. and there are 2.5 million miles of gas pipeline crossing the country. >> there is a major incident on a pipeline somewhere in the nation every other day, mo
mike von fremd has that part of the story. >> reporter: investigators won't know what caused this disaster until it's safe to approach the site of the blast. >> we've yet to be able to get close enough to the actual source to be able to determine exactly why this happened. >> reporter: here's what they do know. it was a 30-inch pipe, 62 years old, buried about three feet deep. some residents say they had been smelling gas long before the explosion. >> about a week ago,...
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mike von fremd, abc news, los angeles. >>> and still ahead, how many vegetables do you think your fellow americans eat every week? want to guess? e a larger home to accommodate their family. matt was a star from start to end. he took care of us. he'll take care of you. we always like to follow up with clients and make sure that they know we're tracking their loan for them, and if there's something that makes more sense for them, we can present that as an option. the surprise was that there were no surprises. they have great technology, but they have people like matt. that's what makes the difference. it's an opportunity to help clients achieve the american dream. that's why i love quicken loans! ♪ i'm friend, secret-keeper and playmate. do you think i'd let osteoporosis slow me down? so i asked my doctor about reclast because i heard it's the only once-a-year iv osteoporosis treatment. he told me all about it and i said that's the one for nana. he said reclast can help restrengthen my bones to help make them resistant to fracture for twelve months. and reclast is approved to help prote
mike von fremd, abc news, los angeles. >>> and still ahead, how many vegetables do you think your fellow americans eat every week? want to guess? e a larger home to accommodate their family. matt was a star from start to end. he took care of us. he'll take care of you. we always like to follow up with clients and make sure that they know we're tracking their loan for them, and if there's something that makes more sense for them, we can present that as an option. the surprise was that...
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the establishment candidate is congressman mike castle. gop leaders say if castle wins the nomination, they win joe biden's old senate seat. if not -- >> she were by some miracle to be our nominee that we would lose this seat and lose it by unprecedented numbers. >> reporter: but castle is a pro-abortion rights, pro-gun control moderate. >> the republican party has lost its way. they get behind candidates like my opponent who don't even support the republican platform, who continue to support the democrats agenda, lock, step and barrel. >> reporter: whatever happens here in delaware, tea party senate candidates have already toppled the choices of the republican establishment in at least six states this year. castle watched as tea partier joe miller toppled alaska senator lisa murkowski. >> she called me, you know, several days after she went down and said, you know, these people will come hard, you know, just be very careful. >> reporter: did she give you advice on -- >> yes, just general advice, be careful, prepare yourself and go for it.
the establishment candidate is congressman mike castle. gop leaders say if castle wins the nomination, they win joe biden's old senate seat. if not -- >> she were by some miracle to be our nominee that we would lose this seat and lose it by unprecedented numbers. >> reporter: but castle is a pro-abortion rights, pro-gun control moderate. >> the republican party has lost its way. they get behind candidates like my opponent who don't even support the republican platform, who...
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but mike and sandra deal with their stress the same way. >> imagine a beautiful hiking path. >> reporter: with a technique prescribed by their cardiologist. >> we all know about diet and exercise, but very few of us emphasize stress reduction. and stress is, i think, the key to all of it. >> reporter: dr. john kennedy developed a heart cure. a set of breathing techniques you can do anywhere, any time. no drugs, no surgery. reducing your blood pressure with brain power alone. his patients tend to show measurable improvement in as little as two weeks. >> my blood pressure is stable. it used to hover around 170 over 90. it's now pretty stable at 120 over 80. >> reporter: stress, boosting your blood pressure, is a major contributor to heart attacks. it triggers the body's fight or flight response. the brain releases adrenaline, the blood thickens the heart pumps faster. and boom. >> boom. you're dead. >> reporter: dr. kennedy says his regimen of focused breathing is the same technique professional athletes and others use. >> like, how the plane was landed on the hudson river. how kobe bryant
but mike and sandra deal with their stress the same way. >> imagine a beautiful hiking path. >> reporter: with a technique prescribed by their cardiologist. >> we all know about diet and exercise, but very few of us emphasize stress reduction. and stress is, i think, the key to all of it. >> reporter: dr. john kennedy developed a heart cure. a set of breathing techniques you can do anywhere, any time. no drugs, no surgery. reducing your blood pressure with brain power...
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. >> reporter: pam and mike bought enough food to last them a good three days and now have everything they need. >> batteries, flashlights and family. >> reporter: lea says her husband usually refuses to put up storm shutters. but this year, he listened. >> i've been here 25 years. this is pretty bad. this is not good. >> reporter: we rode into the sky and took pictures from above. earl is one of the strongest storms to ever threaten the eastern shoreline with a well-defined eye and devastating winds that reach out hundreds of miles. late today, north carolina's governor told residents it's not too late to leave. >> i would urge you to do what you think is best for your family, and i personally believe that you'd rather be safe than sorry. >> reporter: but they must leave now. north carolina officials here have been warning residents, there will be no shelters open here, and they don't plan on opening any. the closest will be nearly an hour away. >> and so we see the winds just beginning to whip up with you there, steve. and 100 miles away from you, sam champion is in virginia beach,
. >> reporter: pam and mike bought enough food to last them a good three days and now have everything they need. >> batteries, flashlights and family. >> reporter: lea says her husband usually refuses to put up storm shutters. but this year, he listened. >> i've been here 25 years. this is pretty bad. this is not good. >> reporter: we rode into the sky and took pictures from above. earl is one of the strongest storms to ever threaten the eastern shoreline with a...
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. >> reporter: like marine staff sergeant mike epperson, surprising his two daughters, caitlin and caylee, at their school assembly in ohio. >> i'm probably going to cry. i haven't seen them in almost eight months. >> reporter: and in his honor, a song about the home of the brave and the moms and the dads. ♪ and the home of the brave >>> and we will see you right back here tomorrow night. until then, good night. >>> were deputies justified in daysing -- tasing this marin county man? >> dozens of criminals swept off the streets in a crime crack down. it may have crippled the notorious california prison gang. >> and the shooting of a fremont police officer a woman suspected of being an accomplice is set free. >>> a round over cut backs firefighters revealing a flaw in a dispatching system. >>> good evening, everyone. he was tased as he was on his wade to bed. >> the sheriff's department responds tho this video seen only on 7. you can see the 64-year-old peter mcfarland being tased by deputies three times. >> vick slee in the newsroom tonight with reaction from the sheriff's department. >>
. >> reporter: like marine staff sergeant mike epperson, surprising his two daughters, caitlin and caylee, at their school assembly in ohio. >> i'm probably going to cry. i haven't seen them in almost eight months. >> reporter: and in his honor, a song about the home of the brave and the moms and the dads. ♪ and the home of the brave >>> and we will see you right back here tomorrow night. until then, good night. >>> were deputies justified in daysing --...